Saturday, January 23, 2016

What's on My Bench???

I guess it's a finishing touch for 2015 that I got my last
custom order on exactly New Year Eve. One of my father's regular customers was
standing around and talking. Through
the conversation I ended up telling him that I'm a fashion designer by trade but
have owned my own business since 2007 making and selling jewelry and
accessories. Long conversation short, he wanted me to make him a custom
bracelet and necklace. We ironed out all the details and he paid the deposit so it's
time to get to work.

As per his design, he wanted a bracelet in red, black and
green. I showed him the picture of the bracelet I restrung for my aunt to show
the bead size I would use and he like the design with the extra bead. So I laid
the beads out in the red, black, and green configuration mixing some glass
beads with the wooden beads. So that they design wouldn't get too boring.

I then strung the bead configuration on the bead cord and
knotted it several times. As you may notice, the pattern is a little bit different
then on the board because I had to go back twice and restring it so it was the
right wrist size.

I then went into my bead stash and found a large glass bead
to include as the finishing touch.

I then knotted it several times to finish it off.

Now it's completed. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough
beads to even start the necklace he wanted. Which means I'll leave that for my
next WOMB post. So this custom order ended up being my last of 2015 and my
first of 2016.Stay tuned you don't want to miss Part II!

Thank you Gaetana. Please return next week for another episode of What's on My Bench??? from Mollie Ann of the JETs.